| Summary: | Under AoW2 Activity 2.1.2.1, AfricaRice facilitated and supported multistakeholder scaling hubs as operational,
country-anchored delivery platforms to accelerate the scaling of rice-based and diversified food-system
innovations in five West and Central African countries. This report is a consolidated rewrite grounded in empirical
data generated through TAAT-II, Seeds4Liberia, and HealthyDiets4Africa (HD4A).
Evidence from these three initiatives shows that scaling hubs enabled the coordination of seed and planting
material systems, post-harvest and processing technologies, youth and women enterprises, digital platforms, and
nutrition-sensitive demand pathways within unified delivery ecosystems. Across the five countries, hub-based
implementation contributed to measurable results, including large-scale seed delivery, establishment of certified
seed clusters, creation of youth-led enterprises, commercial food production and sales, and mobilization of
institutional demand and financing.
Taken together, the data demonstrate that multistakeholder scaling hubs—when operational, institutionally
embedded, and supported by digital and enterprise systems—are an effective mechanism for translating CGIAR
innovations into sustained, system-level impact
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